Receptacle mounting device

ABSTRACT

A device for a receptacle mounting ( 1 ) for a urine container ( 12, 18 ), wherein the receptacle mounting ( 1 ) is provided with a support section ( 2, 4 ) and a base section ( 6 ), the position of the base section ( 6 ) relative to the support sections ( 2, 4 ) being arranged to prevent a urine bottle from falling out of the support sections ( 2, 4 ) when the receptacle mounting ( 1 ) is in its operative position.

This invention concerns a mounting for a receptacle, and particularly amounting designed to support receptacles of the type used especially forcollecting urine from bedridden persons.

Collection of urine from a bedridden person is carried out by means oftrays, urine bottles or collecting bags. The use of a tray normallyimplies relatively short collecting periods when an assistant isrequired, whilst when using a urine bottle, the bedridden personhimself/herself may administer the use of the bottle. Connecting thebedridden person to a collecting bag, normally by means of a permanentlyinserted catheter, generally implies collection of urine over arelatively long period of time.

If the bedridden person himself/herself is to manage the use of a urinebottle, and oftentimes due to reduced mobility, spillage easily mayresult during subsequent storage of the urine bottle. Pending disposal,the urine bottle may be placed on the bedside table after use. Ifsomeone unintentionally bumps into the urine bottle, spillage easily mayoccur due to the design of the urine bottle. Moreover, it isaesthetically inappropriate to leave an empty or part-full urine bottlesitting readily visible on, for example, the bedside table.

Urine collecting bags preferably must be placed with a liquid drop fromthe patient to the bag. It has proven advantageous to connect the bag tothe mattress or the duvet of the bed. Safety pins, for example, are usedfor this purpose.

The object of the invention is to remedy the disadvantages of prior art.

The object is achieved in accordance with the invention and through thefeatures disclosed in the description below and in the subsequent patentclaims.

In the following, the term “up” and “down” etc. refer to the receptaclemounting when in its operative position.

A mounting for a urine bottle or a receptacle is provided with a supportsection and a base section, the position of the base section relative tothe support section being arranged to prevent the urine bottle fromfalling out of the support section when the receptacle mounting is inits operative position. Preferably, the receptacle mounting is providedwith hooks that correspond to recesses in a collecting bag for urine.

Adjacent its upper edge, the receptacle mounting is provided with ahook-resembling section that is arranged to connect the receptaclemounting to a bed, a bedside table or another suitable device.

By placing the receptacle mounting containing a urine bottle in asuitable place within reach for the bedridden person, the person may usethe urine bottle when needed and then put it back into the receptaclemounting, in which it assumes a substantially vertical position. Therisk of spillage from a part-full urine bottle thereby is significantlyreduced. Relative to the bedside table, the urine bottle thus also maybe placed in a more secluded place.

When using a collecting bag, and by means of the bag recesses, the bagmay easily be connected to the corresponding hooks of the receptaclemounting. By using the receptacle mounting, the collecting bag may beplaced in an area in which it may not be easily and unintentionallymoved or damaged.

In the following, a non-limiting example of a preferred embodiment isdescribed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 depicts a perspective view of a receptacle mounting;

FIG. 2 depicts a view of a urine bottle placed in the receptaclemounting;

FIG. 3 depicts the same as FIG. 2, but here the urine bottle is placedaslant; and

FIG. 4 depicts a collecting bag suspended from the receptacle mounting.

In the drawings, reference number 1 denotes a receptacle mounting,comprising a first support section 2 in the form of a back panel, asecond support section 4 in the form of a hoop, a base section 6 in theform of a plate, and a hook-resembling section 8 at its upper edge.

In this preferred embodiment, the first support section 2, the basesection 6 and the hook-resembling section 8 form a plate constructionwherein said sections are made by means of cutting and buckling, forexample. A fold 10 at the outward-projecting side edge of the basesection 6 is arranged to prevent items from being cut when contactingthe base section 6. Preferably, the receptacle mounting 1 is made from astainless material.

The second support section 4, here in the form of a U-shaped hoop, isfixedly connected to the first support section 2 at a suitable distanceabove the base section 6. The depth of the hoop-shape and the spacingbetween the legs of the hoop are adapted to a standard urine bottle 12,allowing the lower end portion of the urine bottle 12, when the urinebottle 12 is placed with its upwards-aiming opening in the receptaclemounting 1, to bear against the base section 6, cf. FIG. 2. The spacingbetween the legs of the hoop, however, is not large enough to allow theurine bottle 12 to be rotated out of engagement with the base section 6,cf. FIG. 3.

At a distance immediately below the second support section 4, two hooks16 are connected to the first support section 2.

The mutual spacing between the two hooks 16 is adapted to, andcorresponds with, attachment recesses in a collecting bag 18.

The collecting bag 18 may be suspended from the hooks 16, cf. FIG. 4,whereupon it is filled and then removed from the receptacle mounting 1.

Use of the receptacle mounting 1 may significantly prevent urinespillage. Concerning a collecting bag 18, it may also result in improvedoperational safety, inasmuch as the collecting bag 18 is exposed to lessunintentional action.

1. A device for a receptacle mounting for a urine receptacle, thereceptacle mounting comprising: a first support section, a secondsupport section and a base section, wherein the support sectionsconstitute supports for a urine bottle; a hook-resembling section inwhich the hook-resembling section constitutes a suspension for thereceptacle mounting; and hooks for a urine collecting bag, wherein thesecond support section and the hooks are located at the same side of thefirst support section; wherein the hook-resembling section is located atthe opposite side of the first support section.
 2. (canceled)
 3. Thedevice according to claim 1, wherein the second support sectionsconstitutes a hoop. 4-5. (canceled)
 6. The device according to claim 1,wherein the first support section, the second support section, the basesection and the hook-resembling section constitute a plate.